Posts Tagged ‘Chrome’

Thanks to its presence on Windows and Mac computers, iPhones and Android smartphones (on which it enjoys the default browser status), Google Chrome is the world’s most popular Web browser. In this article you’ll find a comprehensive guide on how to extract Google Chrome passwords from local computers and Google Account. We’ll also cover some common and some little known scenarios helping examiners put extracted passwords to good use – such as decrypting external NAS storage, unlocking BitLocker drives and attacking strong passwords. Let’s find out how to obtain Google Chrome passwords from multiple local and cloud sources such as the user’s Mac or Windows computer and their Google account.

Did you know you might be able to use Chrome passwords to decrypt BitLocker drives, download iCloud backups, break strong encryption or access the user’s comprehensive location history? Scroll down to Case Studies to find out how!

Extracting Chrome Passwords Instantly from a Local Computer (Windows)

For extracting Chrome passwords from a Windows computer, we’ll use Elcomsoft Internet Password Breaker (EINPB). Note that the extraction works on a live system only; you must be logged in under the user account whose passwords you are about to extract.

Why does one need to perform the extraction on a live system, with the user being logged on? The reason lies in Windows protection mechanisms. While it is technically possible to extract passwords from an offline system or disk image, the required encryption keys are difficult to access and extract if the user is not logged in. (more…)

As you may know, we have recently updated Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer, bumping the version number from 1.30 to 1.31. A very minor update? A bunch of unnamed bug fixes and performance improvements? Not really. Under the hood, the new release has major changes that will greatly affect usage experience. What exactly has changed and why, and what are the forensic implications of these changes? Bear with us to find out.

What is a Web browser for you? It’s virtually a whole world, all together: web sites, blogging, photo and video sharing, social networks, instant messaging, shopping… did I forget anything? Oh yes, logins and passwords. 🙂 Set an account here, sign in there, register here and sing up there – everywhere you need logins and passwords to confirm your identity.

Yesterday, we recovered login and password information to Internet Explorer only, but it was yesterday… Now, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome and Opera Web browsers are at your disposal.